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Western New York Compassion Connection outlines free grief support for children and families
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Patricia Schlavig, school services coordinator for Western New York Compassion Connection, presented the center’s free peer-support groups, therapeutic activities, volunteer opportunities and partnerships, and said the Lancaster site (3966 Walden) offers in-person and virtual options and transportation assistance.
Patricia Schlavig, school services coordinator at Western New York Compassion Connection, told a family-resource audience that the new nonprofit grief center offers free, nonclinical peer-support groups and outreach for grieving children, parents and adults.
"All of our programs are free of charge. No cost. No insurance is needed," Schlavig said, describing group formats, therapeutic activities and school-based outreach. She said the center was formed out of the Hunt Pediatric Cancer Collaborative’s bereavement work and expanded after several community losses in 2022; the transcript records that organizers secured a state grant described during the talk as "half $1,000,000" to launch the center and renovate a…
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